sec.56No liability for publishing under authority of Assembly or committee

### sec.56 No liability for publishing under authority of Assembly or committee An engaged entity or another person does not incur any civil or criminal liability for— publishing a parliamentary record under the authority of the Assembly; or publishing evidence or a document under the authority of a committee. If a proceeding is brought for a publication to which subsection (1) applies, the defendant may produce to the court a certificate— signed by an authorising person; and stating that the publication is a publication to which that subsection applies. Before producing the certificate, the defendant must give the plaintiff or prosecutor and any other defendant 24 hours notice of the defendant’s intention to produce the certificate. On production of the certificate, the court must dismiss the proceeding and may order the plaintiff or prosecutor to pay the defendant’s costs. This section does not affect any other defence available to the defendant. In this section— engaged entity see section 51 . publishing a thing includes doing all acts preparatory to, or otherwise for the purposes of, publishing the thing. s 56 amd 2003 No. 8 s 9 (sec.56-ssec.1) An engaged entity or another person does not incur any civil or criminal liability for— publishing a parliamentary record under the authority of the Assembly; or publishing evidence or a document under the authority of a committee. (sec.56-ssec.2) If a proceeding is brought for a publication to which subsection (1) applies, the defendant may produce to the court a certificate— signed by an authorising person; and stating that the publication is a publication to which that subsection applies. (sec.56-ssec.3) Before producing the certificate, the defendant must give the plaintiff or prosecutor and any other defendant 24 hours notice of the defendant’s intention to produce the certificate. (sec.56-ssec.4) On production of the certificate, the court must dismiss the proceeding and may order the plaintiff or prosecutor to pay the defendant’s costs. (sec.56-ssec.5) This section does not affect any other defence available to the defendant. (sec.56-ssec.6) In this section— engaged entity see section 51 . publishing a thing includes doing all acts preparatory to, or otherwise for the purposes of, publishing the thing. - (a) publishing a parliamentary record under the authority of the Assembly; or - (b) publishing evidence or a document under the authority of a committee. - (a) signed by an authorising person; and - (b) stating that the publication is a publication to which that subsection applies.